Speedo cable lube?

[Huw Powell]

> What should one use, or even should one use anything, to lube an Audi speedo
> cable? I had my speedometer rebuilt, and it works fine, but the cable from
> the fire wall box to the gauge howls like a bad bearing when the weather gets
> cold (which it _really_ is right now).

I've lubed mine with "whatever" I had handy - but never heard a peep
from them.  If yours is really rough, I'd pull it out and make sure it
spins smoothly.

I lost a couple of lower cables to a gummed up OXS timer box which
answers:

> BTW, what is that box at the firewall?

Every 30k it tries to get you to pay someone to press it's little white
button.

here's a bunch of words about them, and a photo of the one I took out of
my coupe:

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/oxstimer.htm

I got rid of it, and, strangely enough, managed to find a one piece
speedo cable that fit the threaded speedo (later one piece cables
usually have a twist lock type connection at the speedo).

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Huw Powell

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